NW_LS785 Des Moines, IA Mon, May 20, 2019 USDA-IA Dept of Ag Market News Iowa Weekly Weighted Average Slaughter Cattle Report For Week Ending: Saturday, May 18, 2019 Market: Dunlap, IA 5/14/2019 Market: Tama, IA 5/15/2019 Market: Sheldon, IA 5/16/2019 Receipts: 948 Last Week 1,106 Slaughter Steers Choice 2-4 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 14 1235-1298 1271 120.00-122.50 120.69 117 1301-1497 1387 117.00-124.00 120.49 Slaughter Steers Select and Choice 2-3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 60 1151-1275 1219 111.00-120.50 115.07 90 1300-1429 1358 114.00-118.25 117.58 Slaughter Steers Select 2-3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 1 1055 1055 109.00 109.00 8 1168-1299 1255 96.00-110.00 106.62 16 1300-1420 1333 97.50-111.00 102.15 Slaughter Holstein Steers Choice 2-3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 6 1200-1209 1208 85.50-87.00 85.75 53 1301-1475 1370 85.00-89.00 86.40 2 1338 1338 92.00 92.00 Value Added 18 1507-1642 1609 86.00-89.75 88.96 20 1530-1646 1599 90.00-96.00 91.28 Value Added Slaughter Holstein Steers Select and Choice 2-3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 11 1243-1275 1261 80.00-83.00 81.46 39 1309-1493 1346 80.00-84.50 83.05 1 1565 1565 80.00 80.00 Slaughter Heifers Choice 2-4 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 60 1215-1358 1270 117.00-122.60 121.35 Slaughter Heifers Select and Choice 2-3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 53 1115-1188 1171 111.00-120.50 118.83 52 1200-1300 1220 114.00-119.75 117.53 Slaughter Heifers Select 2-3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 41 1000-1193 1107 101.00-117.00 110.01 10 1200-1376 1292 101.00-113.00 105.48 Slaughter cows: Pct Lean Weight Avg Dress High Dress Low Dress Breakers 76-80 1110-1735 61.00-69.00 70.00-76.00 -- Boners 81-85 970-1595 50.00-60.00 -- -- Lean 86-90 1010-1500 41.00-49.00 -- 30.00-36.00 Slaughter bulls: Weight Avg Dress High Dress Low Dress Yield Grade 1 1265-1780 69.00-85.00 -- -- 1800-2115 77.00-86.00 -- -- Source: USDA-IA Dept of Ag Market News, Des Moines, IA Bruce Thomas 515-284-4460 Desm.LGMN@ams.usda.gov 24 Hour recorded market information 515-284-4830 www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/NW_LS785.txt www.ams.usda.gov/LSMarketNews 1400C bat